Biography
Founded in May 2019, the HIRA MANGA Power Trio is from the South of France. It multiplies performances, stages and festivals in the PACA region but also in the rest of France (Tours, Castelnaudary, Paris, ...).
HIRA MANGA is a trio that covers the standards of Jazz, Soul Music, Rhythm and Blues, and also performs covers of Pop Music rearranged in its own way and even lends itself to Maloya Fusion.
With a very eclectic repertoire ranging from Billy Myles to Stevie Wonder via Quincy Jones and Prince, or from Simply Red to Ti Fock, the trio will offer a palette of sounds and colors that will make the evening vibrate!
HIRA MANGA
David William R.
Bass - Background Vocals - Keyboards
David William R. started to learn bass guitar at the age of 7 yo, and played his first real gig (2 hours and half long) at 8 yo.
But he and his sister Tessa made videos on youtube since he was 5.
At the age of 10, he reached the final of the Charles Berthoud Bass Contest and was the only child that reached this stage.
His main big influences are Jaco Pastorius, Victor Wooten, but also learnt a lot from Hadrien Feraud and Charles Berthoud as well.
His dexterity is incredible. He also learnt the piano by himself and also plays guitar and percussions.He's the great bass player of HIRA MANGA!
Tessa R.
Lead Vocal - Ukulele - Keyboards
Tessa R. has always sung since her very early age.
She sang for the first time on stage at 3 yo, and did youtube videos with her brother David since she was around 7 yo.
She did her first gig with HIRA MANGA when she was 11 and since then never stopped.
Her big influences are Cyrille Aimée, Al Jarreau, Samara Joy, Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Jessie J, Stevie Wonder, Nikki Yanofsky, Eva Cassidy, Mimi Riperton, etc...
She has a fantastic versatile voice and she's the lead singer of HIRA MANGA!
Monsieur Papa
Guitars- MIDI Guitar/Virutal Intruments FootDrums - Background Vocals - Lead Vocal
Monsieur Papa is a nickname that Tessa and David gave to their father.
Monsieur Papa has a former scientific background.
He started singing at his early age in the 70's.
Although he's french, he sang in English as he was only a kid.
He learnt to play the guitar at 11 yo and accompanied himself on vocals.
In the beginning of the 90's he started to transcribe and play Joe Satriani's and Steve Vai's music, and was also influenced by Yngwie Malmsteen..
Then he listened to Scott Henderson, Mike Stern, Joe Pass, etc...
He played in a lot of bands of very different styles (Rock, Hard Rock, Grunge, Funk, Pop, Negro Spirituals, Gospel, Sega,...).
He was a music instructor for many years.
Later on, he had his children and taught them music theory and how to play different instruments. He exposed them to every kind of music from the 40's to the 2000's and brought them to countless concerts of Raul Midon, Richard Bona, Etienne M'Bappé, Sixun, etc...
He invented a complete drum-kit that he plays with his feet (FootDrums) and his children named it "PoomTah".
At the Concerts he plays the guitar and MIDI-Guitar, FootDrums, and also sings the Background Vocals all at the same time, in real time in the HIRA MANGA Power Trio!
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